CALL FOR PHOTOS

For the past 21 years the UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) has organized and hosted an annual photography exhibit featuring images from the Middle East taken by CMES friends, faculty, students, and colleagues. Selected photos are enlarged, mounted, and displayed in the Center and remain on display for one calendar year. With the photographer's permission, images may also be published on the CMES website and selected for CMES advertising and promotional purposes.

For the 22nd annual exhibit, Commemorations and Remembrances, CMES seeks images that exemplify how major events, both public and private, are commemorated in Middle Eastern and North African societies or relate to national memory. This can be broadly defined to include, for example, physical structures such as monuments dedicated to leaders, memorials for heroes or martyrs, buildings, or bridges; celebrations of remembrance including anniversaries, religious celebrations, or funerals; political demonstrations or parades in honor of an event from the distant or recent past; or nationalist art/other forms of artistic expression. In addition to photographs, CMES will accept original videos from 30-90 seconds in length.
 

(photo: Northern Caucasian Protesters in Turkey, by Shyla Doğan)

Submission Guidelines for the 2013 CMES Photography Exhibit
Deadline for submissions is Monday, November 12, 2012.

1. Photographers must use the official CMES submission form for photograph information. (Click on the link just before this.)

2. Actual images need to be submitted separately. There is a limit of ten (10) submissions per person. These may be images: slides, prints with negatives, digital files (see file requirements, no. 4 below), and/or videos. Photos of submitter’s original artwork are also accepted. Slides, prints and negatives will be returned by mid-December. Please include SASE. CDs will not be returned. DO NOT EMAIL PHOTOS! Our server is not capable of handling large attachments. Drop CDs off in person or mail to us at:

2013 CMES Photography Exhibit
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
845 N. Park Ave, Rm 470
Tucson, AZ 85721

3. Please be sure to name each photo as follows: If your name is Joseph Azady, the images should be names as follows: azadyj_1_smallmosque.  "azadyj" is your last name followed by the first letter of your first name (all lower case). The number (1, 2, 3, etc) corresponds to the number on the online submission form."smallmosque" is a micro-description of the photo itself. Try not to use more than 12-15 characters for the description. "oldman", "bluedoor", "kidsonbike", etc.

4. Digital file requirements: a) 300+ dpi resolution; b) RGB color or grayscale; c) in tiff or jpeg format; and d) saved on a CD or flashdrive labeled with your full name. CDs will not be returned.

Video submissions should be:
•    30 to 90 seconds in length
•    Formatted as .AVI, .MOV, .MPEG or .WMV files
•    Maximum file size 20 MB
•    Submitted on a DVD or flashdrive
•    Two video submissions per person

5. Images chosen for the photography exhibit are enlarged, mounted, and displayed for a full calendar year at the Center. At the close of the exhibit you may purchase your enlargement at a reduced cost or you can indicate that you would like CMES to keep it to sell for future fundraising. If you pick up the photo between the end of this exhibit and the beginning of the next one, you pay only $15 ($30 for large reprints). Otherwise, the price is $40 ($70/large).

6. All submissions must be received on or before the November 12, 2012 deadline.
Questions? Email the center or call us at (520) 621-5450.